Myths and legends of the American West still resonate today even though the region’s so-called “frontier” era was proclaimed closed long ago. In a sense, the period of great exploration and settlement in the West by newcomers continues to define aspects of the American spirit. Or really, what it means to be American, said James […]
This is a Northern Plains Blackfeet Horse Mask from our Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. It will be traveling to the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, along with several other museum objects for the exhibition “The Plains Indians.” The Horse Mask is made out of a tanned buffalo hide with brass tacks, wood, trade ribbons, trade […]